The tennis player from Rosario fell 6-1 and 6-3 against the Egyptian Mayar Sherif in the Valencian tournament, the last on brick dust before the start of the grass season.
In the last clay tournament before the grass season, Nadia Podoroska lost to Mayar Sherif 6-1 6-3 in the semifinals and bids farewell to WTA125 in Valencia, Spain. The Egyptian tennis player, 40th in the ranking, is waiting for the Spanish winner Marina Bassols Ribera (130) and the German Tamara Korpatsch (124).
After about an hour and a half of playing, the 28-year-old tennis player from Rosario, which is in the 94th position, fell to the favorite to win the tournament, who was in his best position of his career. “Little” is at the door of the final of the Valencian tournament after defeating Espanyol Fita Boluda by 6-2, 4-6 and 7-5 in the round of 32; then he passed the eighth without playing because of the French’s non-performance Leolia Jeanjean and in the quarterfinals he defeated the Swedish Mirjam Björklund by 6-7, 6-3 and 6-4.
Podoroska He aims to regain the level he showed in 2021when he reached his best ranking (36th). This year he started at No. 204 WTAafter returning to the circuit after a series of injuries kept him away from the chancas for ten months.
Del Potro spoke about his future: confirmed the return to tennis and the dream of retiring at the US Open
“My tennis stage is unlocked and locked. It was an inner desire to step on the court for the last time at the US Open, but my body was sending me messages that didn’t match that desire.”the Argentine tennis player began.
the tandilense He said that next week he will travel to China where he will be part of an exhibition tournament with Spaniard David Ferrer, Carlos Moyá and Russian Marat Safin. However, the desire to end his career at the Grand Slam where he established himself in 2009 after defeating Roger Federer in the final is still hidden.
The US Open will take place in New York from August 28 to September 10 and although the possibility of participating still seems remote, Del Potro already has a special invitation and is continuing his preparations to try to get there.
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Source: Tycsports
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